Mining an SAP Business Objects deployment for meaningful metadata isn't an easy task. That's why we've made available CMS/Connect Community Edition. But just by being armed with the right tools isn't enough: how do you make the best use of applications like these? Where to start? What are the steps?
There's not much more to say other than - we did the unthinkable: CMS/Connect Community Edition has been released for version 2.6.3.1 - free to download, free to use!
To download CMS/Connect Community Edition, simply fill in your email on the registration page and a download link will be mailed to you automatically. No muss, no fuss - just ultra-fast real-time reporting from the team at Infolytik!
As we gear up for the next release of CMS/Connect 2.6.3, some have asked: So what's new in this release?
Dear Friends -
Please be aware that evaluation versions of CMS/Connect before May 1st are set to expire on the last of April.
In order to extend your trial:
Everyone familiar with the Security Viewer in XIR2 knows that no such facility exists in XI3 to easily inspect user/object security outside of the CMC or Security Queries - that is, until now.
In today's CMS/Report we deliver the CMS Security by Folder analysis. This report reveals:
Well, most of the use notes for CMS/Connect are maintained withing the (always growing!) online documentation located at the Documention link.
There are, however, some things you'll want to know after installing CMS/Connect.
Unless a Business Objects deployment is carefully planned, it can often lead to a "run-away" installation, whereby users are given just enough control to be able to arbitrarily schedule any report at any time to anyone. In order to better manage these scenarios, we've developed another free report in our CMS/Reports series which helps administrators and end-users better understand the reports and objects that are on schedules within a deployment.
Reporting off of the CMS can be a laborious thing - heck - if it wasn't, we never would have developed CMS/Connect in the first place.
Querying the enterprise CMS or Central Management Server is something we feel any user or administrator of SAP Business Objects should be able to take for granted. That's why we've developed CMS/Connect. Now, we're extending the opportunity for you to try CMS/Connect.
It's that time of the year when all the SAP folk gather 'round by the camp fire to discuss their various implementation war stories, tips, tricks and other front-line news, as well as a great opportunity to learn from colleagues, SAP product teams and more. This year the conference takes place in Orlando, FL. You can find out more details about my presentation titled Managing the SAP Business Objects Enterprise with Custom, Reusable Solutions